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The 2006 ISPAs - The 8th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards - took place in London yesterday (23 Feb 2006) at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor ...

on 2006-02-24 07:48:49

...for online safety

The 2006 ISPAs - The 8th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards - took place in London yesterday (23 Feb 2006) at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square.

Amongst the awards was the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Award for Developments in Online Safety which was won by the Virtual Global Taskforce. This award was sponsored by Pipex.

The Virtual Global Taskforce was created in 2003 as a direct response to lessons learned from investigations into online child abuse around the world. It is an international alliance of law enforcement agencies working together to make the internet a safer place. The mission of the Virtual Global Taskforce is:

to make the internet a safer place;

to identify, locate and help children at risk; and

to hold perpetrators appropriately to account.

The shortlist of nominees for this award was compiled from recommendations by IWF members. The IWF Board selected the overall winner. The finalists for the award were:

Virtual Global Taskforce

Get Safe Online

UK Children Go Online

Know it all

Parentscentre

Peter Robbins, Chief Executive, IWF said: "This award reflects the innovative work of the Virtual Global Taskforce in creating a collaborative approach between law enforcement agencies and many other organisations around the world, all of which have a special interest in making the internet a safer place for children."

Jim Gamble, Chair, Virtual Global Taskforce, said: "Online child abuse must and will be tackled and I am delighted that the Virtual Global Taskforce has received this recognition. We greatly value our partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation and ISPA and look forward to building on that partnership as we move forward here in the UK with the launch of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre in April this year."

IWF members Tiscali, Telewest, Madasafish, Pipex, UK Online and Wanadoo also received awards during the event.

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